Dairy
What sets the most efficient dairy farmers apart?
Results of a Teagasc study, which analysed labour issues on 38 dairy farms – with herd sizes ranging from 60...
Dairy
Results of a Teagasc study, which analysed labour issues on 38 dairy farms – with herd sizes ranging from 60...
Dairy
Since the unshackling of milk quotas in 2015, the Irish dairy industry has undergone change. Increases in cow numbers, herd...
Grass
Ireland is currently gripped by a drought that is seriously affecting most farming enterprises. Many livestock farmers have started to...
Forestry
This year’s Talking Timber events, run by Teagasc, apparently attracted over 250 forest owners. There were 28 industry stands present...
Sheep
Thousands of people attended the SHEEP 2018: Farm to Fork event in Teagasc on Saturday last, July 7. Officially opening...
Beef
Teagasc has received three years of industry funding to operate the second phase of the Teagasc Green Acres Calf-to-Beef Programme....
Grass
Delegates at today’s SHEEP 2018 event in Teagasc Athenry heard that lime is key for maintaining soil fertility and grass...
Sheep
Today’s Teagasc SHEEP 2018: Farm to Fork event is being teed up as an “unmissable” opportunity for producers who are...
Rural Life
SHEEP 2018 promises a day full of activities that will satisfy sheep enthusiasts, families and food lovers. This year the event...
Dairy
The grass-based dairy model that we have in Ireland is very advantageous in terms of sustainability, according to Teagasc’s Dr....
Dairy
A sustainability open day is due to take place at Kildalton Farm, Co. Kilkenny, tomorrow (Thursday, July 5) in a...
Grass
Dairy farmers in different parts of the country have been weighing up options on what to do with paddocks that...
Beef
Many beef and sheep farmers are coming under increased pressure from the hot weather; grass growth has remained extremely slow....
Dairy
Teagasc – in association with the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) – has organised a conference to identify solutions and...
Tillage
Many of the very late sown spring barley crops are suffering from drought stress, and are quite poor ahead of...
Beef
When Teagasc held its BEEF 2018 event in Grange, Co. Meath, last week, a number of Ireland’s pedigree breed societies...
Beef
The Farrell family operate a dairy calf-to-beef operation, alongside a tillage enterprise, in Castledermot, Co. Kildare. Last week, Joe Farrell...
Grass
Beef farmers were treated to a host of technical villages at BEEF 2018, which took place in Grange, Co. Meath,...